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Instead of building The Wonders of the World, here you get to establish the Deities of the Biblical era (including “you-know-who,” the one who demanded, “Let my people go!”)!\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eAn \u003cstrong\u003eall-new deck of 110 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e, many of which allow you to inflict disasters and defeats of, well, \u003cstrong\u003eBIBLICAL PROPORTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e upon your opponents! One civilization can even capture the Deity of another and take its statue back to its capital to demonstrate its military and theological superiority.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRugged Mountain Areas\u003c\/strong\u003e (with blocks to signify strongholds)\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFertile River Valleys\u003c\/strong\u003e (where even cities or a single disk\/camp could grow population)\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVast Deserts\u003c\/strong\u003e (where stacking is severely limited and growth prohibited) \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eAnd, of course, the \u003cstrong\u003erolling plains\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003echurning seas\u003c\/strong\u003e found in \u003cem\u003eAncient Civilizations of the Inner Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003eInside the \u003cem\u003eAncient Civilizations of the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e box, gamers will find:\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003ea 34” x 22” mounted game board\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e416 round wooden playing disks (Disks) with 52 each of 8 colors. Two extra disks of each color are provided as replacement for any lost. 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